Annual Meeting of Office of Tibet Representatives Underway in Dharamshala

Dharamshala: The annual meeting of the Representatives of Office Of Tibet’s (OOT) is currently underway at the Kashag Secretariat from 11 to 12 October 2017. The meeting is organised by the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration.

The inaugural session of the meeting was presided over by President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay and DIIR Secretaries Sonam N Dagpo and Tenzin Dhardon Sharling. The welcome address of the meeting was delivered by Secretary Sonam Norbu Dagpo.

President Sangay in his opening remarks laid out the special focus of the meeting, which was, the Central Tibetan Administration’s Five-Fifty vision, policy directives and planning for the “Thank you year” in 2018.

The meeting deliberated on various agendas of the Central Tibetan Administration including the deliberations of the Five-Fifty Forum as well as discussions and recommendations on administration and activities of the OOTs and a follow-up action on the previous annual meeting of the representatives.

This is the second Office of Tibet (OOT) meeting of the 15th Kashag. The meeting is being held after the successful conclusion of the three-day Five-Fifty Forum: Shaping Tibet’s Political Future, organised by DIIR.